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-\v 18 I place this command before you, Timothy, my child. I agree with the prophecies that were previously made concerning you, so that you might engage in the good fight.
+\v 18 I am placing this command before you, Timothy, my child. I am doing this in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, so that you might engage in the good fight.
 \v 19 Do this so that you may have faith and a good conscience. Some people have rejected these and have been shipwrecked in respect to the faith.
 \v 20 Such are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I gave over to Satan so that they may be taught not to blaspheme.